Mom's Daily Tests & Meds: 2004 - 2006

Daily postings of Mom's in-home tests, administered medications, food eaten and the relationship among the three and her life.

Saturday, January 28, 2006

BM No-stat Day

Dinner (only meal recorded): Home made chili dog for her with a variety and lots of chopped onion and cheese on a bouille roll, her choice; a lavish salad for me, with lots of feta, green pimiento stuff olives and Greek dressing. Mine looked so good to my mother (and it was superior) that she wished out loud that she'd chosen that. I was not about to make yet a third dinner, though.Bowel Movement occurred at 2310: Fair volume; excellent consistency (thank god, she's not dehydrated anymore); very easy elimination; very easy clean-up.

Thursday, January 26, 2006

Combined BM No Stat Days: 1/25 - 1/26/06

1/25/06
My inspired venturing through the wee hours of the morning kept my mother arising hourly throughout the night to check on what I was doing. Thus, she didn't get much sleep. After I finally went to bed at 0500 I didn't awaken until 1250. I let her sleep as long as she felt she needed. She was shuffling into her bathroom at 1345; thus she didn't eat breakfast until about 1445. I suggested we abandon statting (she's always in favor of this) and eat when and what we feel like throughout the day, making sure she gets her last dose of pills (excluding her bedtime lisinopril) about 7-8 hours after her first dose. So far she's had breakfast, a snack of left over home made ham salad, a glass of V-8 juice and a handful of Doritos Nacho Cheese chips, all of them separated from one another by at least an hour, sometimes more. Around 2200 we had 1/8 slice of home made apple/raisin/pecan pie; she had unwhippped whipping cream poured over the top.
Bowel Movement occurred at 2310: Poor volume; rocky consistency; very easy elimination; very easy clean-up.

1/26/06
Dinner (only meal recorded): A burger and fries from Carl's Jr. I wasn't into cooking and wasn't hungry so I allowed Mom to choose whatever fast food she wanted.Bowel Movement occurred at 2310 - 2325: She was blocked with hard little shit balls for a few minutes. I had her rise and I rolled a few of them out. Once those were gone, her movement was fairly good volume; good consistency; easy elimination, slightly smeary clean-up. While she was on the toilet she asked for some Phillip's. I gave her two tablespoons. I usually don't give her this much, but she and I have been having fluid battles for the last couple of days. I gave her a short lecture last night and again tonight about this being the wages of refusing liquids. Last night, of course, she didn't have a problem eliminating but she eliminated shit rocks. Tonight she was blocked by the shit rocks she didn't eliminate last night. Behind them, though, was easily eliminated, moisture rich loaf shit.

Sunday, January 22, 2006

BM Full Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:
Time: 1238
Reading: 109

A.M. Blood Pressure:
Time: 1255
BP: 126/60
Pulse: 82

P.M. Blood Glucose:
Time: 1951
Reading: 116

P.M. Blood Pressure:
Time: 1949
BP: 99/55
Pulse: 55

Meals were a bit topsy turvey. Mom talked ice cream all day so I figured last night would be a good time to finish off the little bit of the non-chocolate ice cream we had left from the holidays. In case you're wondering, to Mom, there are only three flavors of ice cream: Chocolate, Butter Pecan and Non-Chocolate, in that order. I was continuing to hanker, as well, for non-cured Canadian Ham and Jarlsburg Swiss. So, lunch/dinner (which happened late enough to qualify) was a drawn out affair beginning with grilled ham and cheese sandwiches on sourdough and V-8 juice at about 2030 and Non-Chocolate ice cream with chocolate sauce at about 2200. Her pills were administered throughout the evening; supplements and antibiotic at dinner; blood sugar and aloe vera gel with ice cream; lisinopril at bedtime. Also administered 10 mg furosemide in the morning because of some noticeable upper torso fluid retention.Bowel Movement occurred at 2115: Good volume; good consistency but a little hard, probably due to the furosemide yesterday and it's diuretic effect; elimination extended but not hard; very easy clean-up.